Step 24: Garage Side Door
While we have been waiting for the guy to show up to do the soffits
and facsia, Glenn put in the french door on the side of the garage. We
picked this door up from another basement finishing project Glenn did a year
or so ago. They needed a bigger, better french door, we needed a little
one. Just a little serendipity, and presto, one free french door. This
will be the door we enter and exit the garage through most of the time. It
is directly across from the mudroom door.Step 25: More Dirt!

Glenn and Steven spent some quantity time moving the dirt we got a while
ago around. The area between the house and the garage is now nice and
flat, and just about the right height.

Glenn also has been filling in dirt on the west side of the house where
the air conditioner compressor will be placed. Seems like dirt moving
is going to last for a long, long time.

Step 27: Garage Doors

While we continued to wait for the Soffit and Fascia guy, the garage doors
were installed. They even plugged them in and programmed the remote
control.

Step 28: Soffits and Fascia

After three weeks of promises, the soffit and fascia guy stopped answering
his phone. What is it about contractors that makes them behave so badly?

Glenn called up the other guy who had bid on doing the trim, and he said
he'd have his crew out the next day. Glenn said "done." He called
contractor no. 1's phone and said something like "You're fired" and hung
up. May 16th the crew showed up and got there stuff in place. May 17th,
they were done. How cool is that?

Good thing Glenn was there, because he told them
no gutters, but the word didn't get to the crew, and he stopped them just
in time from adding gutters to the house.

Now we are ready to start
putting up the siding. Glenn plans on ordering siding this week. (May
14-19).

Yup, we still have some dirt there, that needs to
be moved, but when the excavator comes this week to trench for water and
power, we ought to be able to get rid of the piles in front of the garage.